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Send Your Kids to Camp in Maine and Earn JetBlue Points

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Here’s a different way to earn airline miles if you have kids that like to go to summer camp!

How Does It Work?

You’ll earn 10,000 JetBlue points if you enroll a 1st time camper for a full (7 to 8 week) summer session in 2015.

And if you send your child for a shorter (2 to 4 week) session, you’ll get 5,000JetBlue points.

Earn 5,000 to 10,000 JetBlue Points If You Register Your Child for 2015 Summer Camp Before September 1, 2014

If you’ve sent your child to a Maine Camp Experience camp before, you can’t get the bonus points. But you CAN refer others, and if they sign their child up, you’ll get a referral award of 5,000 JetBlue points (7 to 8 week session) or 2,500 JetBlue points (2 to 4 week session).

There are some restrictions:

The bonus is valid for 1st time campers only, who are paying full price for camp

Only 1 bonus per family

You must enroll your child before September 1, 2014

Points will post to your JetBlue account within 45 days of enrollment – and if you cancel at a later date you have to pay the camp back for the cost of the points!

Out of curiosity, I checked the prices for some of the camps. They’re not cheap! At some, you’ll pay over $11,000 per child for a 7 to 8 week session!

Have These Folks Not Heard of Big Camping With Small Money?

So this is clearly NOT a promotion to do JUST to get extra points. But if you are planning on sending your child to camp in Maine anyway, you could earn some JetBlue points in the process.

What Are 10,000 JetBlue Points Worth?

The cost of JetBlue award tickets in points is directly related to the price of a cash ticket (much like Southwest). So what you can get for 10,000 points depends on destination, dates of travel, and if there’s a seat sale.

I checked random dates in July for a trip from New York (JFK) to Orlando. The lowest cash price for a 1-way ticket was $145.

$145 for a 1-Way Ticket Between New York and Orlando

The same flight for an award ticket cost 10,000 points plus ~$3 in fees.

The Same Ticket as an Award Costs 10,000 Points and ~$3 in Fees

You can get 1-way flights for as low as 5,000 points, and round-trip for as low as 10,000. But generally you’ll pay more!

So the 10,000 point camp bonus isn’t worth THAT much (best case a round-trip ticket, and likely short-haul). But again, if you’re already planning on sending your child to camp in Maine, why say no to some extra points?

JetBlue does NOT have blackout dates when you use points. If there are seats for sale, you can use your points to get them.

3. Fly on Hawaiian Airlines

You can fly on Hawaiian Airlines and earn JetBlue points. And you can use you Hawaiian Airlines miles to fly on JetBlue. The number of miles needed depends on the price of the JetBlue ticket, and you have to call in to redeem. But there are no blackout dates!

You Can Earn JetBlue Miles on Hawaiian Airlines, or Use Hawaiian Miles to Fly on JetBlue

Bottom Line

These camps are expensive, so I wouldn’t change your child’s plans just to get a few extra points (which best case will be worth a domestic round-trip ticket). But if you’re sending your kid to camp in Maine anyway, you might as well sign-up!

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